Alexandros Hatziargyrou

Greetings! My name is Alexandros Hatziargyrou, and I graduated from Stony Brook University magna cum laude in 2014, majoring in History and minoring in Philosophy. My nominal focus was European History, but in reality, I took an eclectic mix of courses in many areas of history, since I found them all fascinating, from ancient to modern periods across various geographical regions. I graduated from this dual Masters program in 2021 with distinction having further explored my love of international history through my dissertation on Henry Wallace's unique perspective on "cooperative" internationalism, while also being lucky enough to pursue my love of other periods from ancient and medieval topics up to modern times through many fantastic courses at Columbia and the LSE.

My undergraduate honors thesis was on the growth of internationalism in the United States of America during the interwar years, from Woodrow Wilson to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, leading to the creation of the United Nations. This topic helped define my interest in looking at history globally during my studies, and I was able to further develop and refine this specialization on internationalism in the United States through my dissertation on Henry Wallace, particularly in the immediate post-war era which ended up being instrumental in the creation of the Cold War consensus that came to dominate much of global politics as part of the world order following the Second World War, another subject I find historically compelling.

My background is distinctly international due to my father's career as a diplomat, and since I have lived around the world, including New York, London and Cyprus, I have always felt prominently internationalist in how I approach both my studies and my means of viewing the world and expressing myself socially, politically or otherwise, an identity I find fits very well with living in New York City currently.

Outside of my historical and philosophical interests, I adore reading literature, particularly fantasy (along with trying to keep up with all the classics over time), and also enjoy following and playing sports, especially soccer/football. I am also a fan of exercising, chess, as well as video games and other media such as film or television, as I find all forms of art to be of great value, including but not limited to the traditional mediums of art such as painting, sculpture and the like (I love going to museums as well, naturally).

After completing the program, I sought employment that was related to my studies in international history but ended up working as an administrative assistant and coordinator at an elevator company for almost two years. Following this, I currently work as a project manager at a startup internet provider that deals with structured cabling and IT space across New York City called Trellis Networks, dealing with events and office sites across the city within this field, allowing me to develop technical and leadership skills beyond my academic studies. This has been fulfilling in its own way and has allowed me to become a more flexible person and worker, albeit one that still pursues knowledge across all facets of history, never letting go of my academic foundations and being truly grateful of my experiences and achievements within the program